The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 184

He had asked Swain to hurry back to the training facility and find Yohannes, but Swain had yet to return.

Maverick knew his own body, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold on until Gwendolyn came home from dinner.

Is this really how I’m going to die?

He was unwilling to accept it, yet he was powerless to change it.

As of now, he did not even have the strength to write a farewell letter.

Earlier, that had been the first time Gwendolyn had hugged him since the divorce.

No, she wasn’t hugging me. She was only patting my head.

Charles was right. In the end, Gwendolyn saw Maverick as nothing more than a pet.

She no longer loved him.

As Maverick pondered on this, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and there were black spots in his vision.

“Gwendolyn…”

I’ll give you my life, Gwendolyn, but can you give me your love in return?

Resigned to his fate, he closed his eyes and let his arms hang limply at his sides. He looked serene.

All was tranquil around him.

Apart from the curtains rustling in the breeze, the only other noise in the room was the sound of blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor, one drop at a time.

In the car, Gwendolyn suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in her heart.

She pressed a hand to her chest, her delicate face turning pale from the pain.

Charles noticed that something was off with her and quickly asked, “Gwen, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”

He leaned forward, wanting to help her.

reached out to stop him. After taking a few deep breaths,

I feel pain in my chest all

had never had any heart-related illnesses, and the pain this time

haven’t been sleeping well for the last couple of days. Anyway, it’ll all be over in

a faint, icy gleam flashed in

and continued to show his sympathy

listening to him at

about how pale and sickly Maverick had looked before she left the

acting

odd questions, such

dying patient who could not accept

delved into her thoughts, the more uneasy

by the wrist before she left the

a simple man. There may be secrets behind him that could be extremely detrimental to you. You must be cautious and on your guard around

choice of words had seemed

had used the words “in the

furrowed brows, the overwhelming sense of weakness that he couldn’t hide, and the

shouted

wrong, Gwen?”

car door. “Something urgent came up. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to the dinner tonight. Let’s

“Gwen—”

off when

in the Bay Hill villa area, there were no taxis waiting by the roadside. After getting

Justin caught up

car did not move even after Gwendolyn left; it simply stayed in the

frantically ran

Villa when Nico once again

the shadows

a whole month’s worth of salary from me the

and serious.

and the other two

sharp pain in the back of their necks. In an instant, their eyes

at the three motionless figures on the ground impassively. As it turned out, tranquilizing them was much quicker and more efficient than

packed up his tranquilizer gun and stepped out from the shadows. “Nico, we can’t just leave

glanced at the three unconscious men on the ground, cupped his hands around his lips,

waited for a minute, but there was still no sound or movement within the villa, nor was there any sign of Maverick coming

sensed that something was off. “Never mind. Let’s go and

wanted to kick it down, but he was worried he would not be able to explain himself to Gwendolyn

to the second-floor bedroom only to find Maverick lying on the chaise lounge.

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